The Most Dangerous Game is a short story written by Richard Connell. In Connell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford was successful in General Zaroff’s manhunt by surviving 3 days without being found and his former knowledge of hunting. He used many different strategies. Three of the strategies he used were, a series of loops and random trails, he climbed up a tree to avoid being spotted, and he also made a Burmese tiger pit to trick General Zaroff.…
While the mysteries kept my attention, my favorite part of this novel was the characters. Todd is a delightful young boy who, while not overly troublesome, gets in his fair share of scrapes. His sisters Libby and Lilly Jean do not start off with much of a role, but they become more important as the novel continues. I found myself laughing with the family, crying with the family, and even getting upset for the family. To me, one of the gifts in writing is to be able to make your audience feel what the characters themselves feel. Ms. Ulmer makes this novel enjoyable by making her characters…
The Westing Game is about a young girl named Turtle. In The Westing Game There are heirs for an answer to Sam Westings puzzle/game. Sam Westing is a rich man who made a corporation called WPP or Westing Paper Products. .Sam was murdered and the heirs are also looking for the murderer. “It's not what you have, it's what you don't have that counts” is a key factor to find the answer in the game.The book and movie have a lot of differences but some similarities too.…
The novel went back and forth reeling in the reader then slowing down the pace again with a person versus person conflict. The setting was in the early 1900’s, England on a fictional island, Indian Island. Which made it so none of the guests could get back to the mainland and are stuck on the island with a murderer who which they don’t know. And lastly the author hinted clues throughout the novel involving a characters feelings about the island. Over all, And Then There Were None, is surely a hard book to put down for any mystery…
The Westing Game book and movie holds many comparing and contrasting points that are worth exploring. The similarities Of Turtle and Otis characters helped tie the book and movie together. On the other hand, the differences of the characters and the setting made it interesting and unique to watch and read. So read The Westing Game and watch the movie! Sam Westing is waiting, and the mystery won’t solve…
Suspense is what makes a story popular because it is interesting to read. Suspense is used in most stories to make the plot interesting. There are several factors that generate suspense in the story The Most Dangerous Game produced by Richard Connell. The use of pauses by punctuations, recurring vivid imagery, and the dialogue itself helped create mystery and suspense. These are just a few of the many ways that Richard Connell used to make the reader lust for emotionally satisfying events.…
When I first decided to read the book, I thought it would be interesting. The cover and title of the book caught my attention. I was confused as I began reading the book; however began to see that the whole book was based on this cool, easy going kid named Mudshark and his ability to get to the bottom of problems and mysteries.…
I found the beginning of this book quite confusing. I had a difficult time discerning who the main characters were and what was the plot. I also wasn't quite sure when the Mother had died and it wasn't until later that I realized the reason that Carmen was present was because she had traveled home for her mother's funeral. However, once I got into the book and started to put the characters in context, I really began to enjoy it.…
The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, is an original nonfiction story about two hunters who take themselves into the Amazon to hunt down animals. Rainsford, one of the main hunters, ends up finding himself on a mysterious island after an accident occurs. Comparing to the film, the characters throughout the scenes differentiate in many ways. Although, the short story itself is entertaining. The changes such as the shipwreck, a love interest, and character development that the director produces a much more dramatic plot, placing the audience on the edge of their seats.…
Throughout the book, Irving introduces problems and mysteries that must solved or answered. In the first chapter we must discover how Owen Meany killed narrator John Wheelwright 's. Later we are interested in John 's sexual interest in his cousin Hector, the identity of John 's father, in whether Owen will get to attend Gravesend Academy, in how Owen will die. Irving keeps tantalizing us by gradually revealing clues to these mysteries.…
(S) Another example of something that seems confusing until the whole story is read is the torture device in room 101. (E) While in the room above Mr. Charrington 's shop, Julia sees a rat, which reminds Winston of an occasionally recurring nightmare that does not make a lot of sense at first but…
Honestly, at first, when I was reading the book, I was so confused and bored out of my mind. But then, you get closer and closer to the ending where you want to keep reading to figure out what happens next and all the pieces just seem to add up together. Therefore, once again, I fully recommend…
The title of my book is The Westing Game. The author of my book is Ellen Raskin. The main characters in the book are Sam Westing, Madame Sun Lin Hoo, Jake Wexler, Turtle Wexler, Flora Baumbauch, Chris Theodorakis, D. Denton Deere, Alexander McSouthers, J.J. Ford, Grace Wexler, James Shin Hoo, Berthe Erica Crow, Julian R. Eastman, Amber Otis, Theo Theodorakis, Doug Hoo, Sydelle Pulaski, Barney Northrup, and Angela Wexler. My favorite character is Angela because she is really pretty and is a great friend to Sydelle when she fractures her ankle. The story takes place at Sunset Towers.…
Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, is the story of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, a third born child in a prejudiced, futuristic world, as he is recruited to train at battle school to fight the “buggers”, an alien species that previously tried to wipe out the human race. Little does he know that Colonel Graff, the commander of battle school, is the puppet master of a scheme to brutally train Ender to lead the human armies to wipe out the buggers; which he unknowingly does. To avoid political repercussions and the greedy hands of his older brother, Peter, Ender and his sister, Valentine, move to lead and populate the new colonies; this is where Ender finds the last bugger queen pupa and works to make it his personal quest to find a place for the species to repopulate and live in peace. The theme of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is that sometimes you have to sacrifice the few for the sake of many.…
Who does not enjoy a good mystery story? Popular literature abounds with examples, raging from the controversial work of Dan Brown to the horrific work of Stephen King. This genre, rooted in the Victorian tradition of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins and Arthur Conan Doyle, certainly has a wide following. On the beach, on the subway, people escape into the worlds of these authors. Although many female writers claim to be the “Queen of Crime Fiction”, it is really Agatha Christie against whom all others are measured. Even many years after her death, readers appreciate Agatha Christie’s novels because of her strong characters, her interesting setting and her strong morality.…